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By RANDA KRISS of NerdWallet The Paycheck Protection Program provided small-business owners with just under $800 billion in COVID-19 relief. That…

By MIKE CORDER, RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are meeting to discuss ways to ease the…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani counter-terrorism forces say they have killed three Afghan militants who belonged to the Islamic State group…

LYONS, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an officer accidentally fired his handgun during a struggle while police were making arrests in suburban…

By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are pressuring a defiant Polish Prime Minister Mateusz…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers are weighing what lessons to draw from the military mission in Afghanistan,…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The father of a 14-year-old girl killed in the 2018 Florida high school shooting massacre is…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Australia and Britain are defending their nuclear submarine deal with the U.S. amid concerns it could escalate…

MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of people were evacuated during the night on the Spanish island of La Palma as a river of molten rock creeps deeper into a…

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton has released a video saying he’s on the road to recovery after being hospitalized in…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow authorities have announced plans to shut restaurants, movie theaters and many retail…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Floods and landslides triggered by days of torrential rains have killed at least 99 people in Nepal since Monday. In…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian Outback town of Quilpie (Quill-Pea) hoped its offer of free residential…

By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A senior U.S. official says the United States is at a turning point in deciding how to…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish state broadcaster TRT News says six suspects have been jailed pending trial over an alleged plot against Chechen…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has kicked off an annual air force drill across the country, a week after holding another massive exercise in air defense.…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Joshua Samuel painfully recalls the day, one year ago, that Nigerian soldiers opened fire…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A wave of buying in the last hour of trading left stocks mostly higher on Wall Street, enough…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A powerful autumn storm has blasted across parts of Europe, killing four people in Poland and causing damage and disruption…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s leading financial magazine has been dropped from an official list of outlets websites can republish, reducing the exposure…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s government is warning that the country could well be on the cusp of another major surge in COVID-19 cases despite…

BEIJING (AP) — At least three people have been killed and 30 injured in an apparent gas explosion at a hotel in the northern Chinese city of…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new environmental protection minister has set some ambitious goals: Tamar Zandberg…

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MAHBAS REGION, Western Sahara (AP) — For nearly 30 years, the vast territory of Western Sahara in the North African…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military will appeal a landmark court ruling that struck down its…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s new governor-general says she plans to reach out to people…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Premier Hockey Federation has reached an agreement to make ESPN+ the exclusive home for watching games in this U.S. this…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press An extraordinarily rare coin with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man who avoided execution in February has been put to death for the 1991 killing of…

By DANICA KIRKA and NICK PERRY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and New Zealand have agreed to a trade deal that eliminates tariffs on a wide…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the U.S. has donated its 200 millionth COVID-19 shot to help vaccinate the…

By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Democrats are hurriedly reworking key…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus that caused the pandemic can keep evolving as long as people are still…

By JILL COLVIN and ALEX VEIGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some investors aren’t waiting to see if former President Donald Trump’s plans…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A major Chinese real estate developer whose struggle to avoid defaulting on billions of dollars…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is celebrating giving its billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose. It’s a hopeful milestone…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Polls have consistently shown Democrat Terry McAuliffe with the overwhelming support of Black…

By AMY TAXIN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Southern California harbor patrol boats picked up reports of a…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Thursday to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally and aide to former…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Isaiah Obet was behaving erratically and in mental distress in 2017 when Officer Jeff Nelson…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Isaiah Obet was behaving erratically and in mental distress in 2017 when Auburn police officer…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California residents are cleaning up Friday and preparing for a massive storm this weekend that could bring flash…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California sheriff says a family and their dog died of extreme heat exhaustion…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press WATERTOWN, Minn. (AP) — A small-town family doctor angling to become Minnesota’s next governor is tapping…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman after…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is urging leaders in central Africa’s Great Lakes region to…

By ALICE FUNG and MATTHEW CHENG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Travel-starved, sleep-deprived residents might find a new Hong Kong bus tour to…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s first domestically produced space rocket reached its desired altitude…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Aircraft and ships are searching off South Korea’s eastern coast for six crew members still missing a day after their…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bottlenecks at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have spilled over into a…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he’s launching a new media company with its own social media…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s richest man has reached an agreement with Mexico City authorities to rebuild or reinforce an elevated subway line…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge in Northern California has denied bail for a former Silicon Valley mother accused of hosting alcohol-fueled parties…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and several European countries are condemning North Korea’s recent…

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow, the Oscar-winning actor and entrepreneur behind the goop beauty and wellness…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County officials approved a settlement with an Arizona restaurant owner who claimed…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s congress has voted yet again to uphold the country’s total ban on abortions.…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s popular In-N-Out hamburger chain is in trouble with yet another San Francisco Bay Area county over vaccine…

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied to federal…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has hit back at U.S. criticism over its test of a submarine-launched…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s pick for ambassador to Beijing has told lawmakers considering his…

NILES, Ill. (AP) — A man has been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the nearly 30-year-old murder of a woman at a suburban Chicago…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Two new reports show that death, disease and other health problems linked to global warming are rapidly rising.…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state audit has found that Iowa’s privatized Medicaid system has illegally denied…

MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park already has had its busiest year on record. The park joins nearby Yellowstone in setting…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army has begun hiring more agents and support staff for its criminal investigations, as…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 6-year-old Colorado girl who fell 110 feet to her death on a theme park ride…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The senator leading a probe of Facebook’s Instagram and its impact on young people is asking…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon is facing a contempt charge from Congress…

By DANICA KIRKA and NICK PERRY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has agreed to a trade deal with New Zealand, eliminating tariffs on a wide…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of activist lawyers have pleaded guilty to charges they torched an empty New York City police vehicle last…

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — The latest batch of police recruits in an Alabama beach town faced an interview board that included law enforcement…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The man who died in a gunfight in Tucson this month with law enforcement officers after fatally shooting a federal agent…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) —  A military outpost in southern Syria was hit by a coordinated attack Wednesday, but U.S.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has ordered a halt to imports of disposable gloves from a Malaysian company and its subsidiaries after…

By ALEX VEIGA and LYNN ELBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix employees walked out Wednesday in protest of Dave Chappelle’s special…

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A judge who ordered the president of the Chicago police officers’ union to stop encouraging his…

MIAMI (AP) — A former NFL wide receiver and South Florida native has pleaded guilty to stealing identities to fraudulently obtain…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense chief has voiced concern about a buildup of NATO’s forces near the…

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country’s most acclaimed and innovative literary magazines is shutting down. The Believer was founded nearly 20 years…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time this year, Senate Democrats tried to pass sweeping elections legislation…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI agent has testified that authorities found a trash bag of shredded documents, thousands of…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A neurologist who already faces rape charges in New York and New Jersey…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The leading candidates for Virginia governor have gone quiet on commitments both previously…

DALLAS (AP) — Authorities in Dallas say a man shot into an apartment and hit a gas line, causing an explosion that injured seven people, including…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state media says the United Arab Emirates’ crown prince has received a rare telephone call from Syrian…

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The owner of a Louisiana livestock business has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $76,000 in federal coronavirus farm aid.…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have raided the offices of the country’s top independent newspaper…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Teachers, auto mechanics and retirees in Georgia are being questioned one by one to determine…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reports that the economy was facing a number of headwinds at the…

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia prosecutors who are pursuing the case against a man accused of raping a woman on…

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — The trial of a former Nevada prison inmate accused of the 1984 killing of a suburban Denver woman has ended in a mistrial…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is speaking candidly about the challenges of her job as first lady. She was at a…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The FBI and a family attorney say items believed to belong to Brian Laundrie and…

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman after she called 911 to report…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A fire chief in Florida has been fired for insubordination. Battalion Chief Stephen Davis wouldn’t discipline employees…

BERLIN (AP) — Center-left lawmaker Baerbel Bas is set to become the new speaker of Germany’s parliament. She would replace conservative veteran…

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama prosecutor says he has no plans to dismiss an indictment in an unusual ransom plot involving a stolen Confederate…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has started giving COVID-19 vaccinations to adolescents aged between 12 and…

CAIRO (AP) — State-run media says a head-on vehicle collision left at least 19 people dead and one other injured just outside the Egyptian capital…